GayCities makeover

Gay travel review site, GayCities, got a makeover today in prelude to San Francisco Pride, a weekend celebration of the gay community on June 28-29.

The site, founded former Yahoo veteran Scott Gatz, is a sort of Yelp or TripAdvisor for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Users can review an array of gay-oriented restaurants, hotels and bars in 65 cities in North America.

With the update, GayCities will get an infusion of photos, forums and ratings in addition to the previously available user-written reviews. The changes emphasize the community aspect of the site, including allowing users to become “fans” of individual destination and businesses.

Gatz founded the site three years ago while at Yahoo, and maintained it in his spare time. After leaving the Sunnyvale Web portal late last year, he put his full-time focus on GayCities, which competes, in part, against PlanetOut, among others.